Apart from informing the public about recent happenings, newspapers often serve various other purposes in Asian households.
Recently, a girl in Singapore was featured on the cover of The Straits Times (ST)’s lifestyle section.
While you would expect her loved ones to frame up such an incredible achievement, that edition of the paper ended up serving a very different purpose.
In her TikTok video, the girl showed an elderly man, presumably her grandfather, using the paper as a placemat for eating fruit.
He also used it to kill insects in the house, amongst many other things.
The OP is the owner of Plop Apparels, a vintage clothing shop in Haji Lane.
She was featured in ST to share about her up-and-coming fashion label, which is catered to the younger generation.
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Besides having an article written about her, she was also featured prominently on the cover of the newspaper’s lifestyle section.
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Pretty impressive, right?
However, the OP’s grandpa decided to treat the newspaper just like he would with any other edition.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
In her video, she shows him eating longans on the table.
When eating such fruits, Asian households often use newspapers as placemats to keep the table clean.
And that’s exactly what the elderly man was doing — dumping longan skin right over a picture of the OP herself.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
In the next scene, he appears to be using the newspaper to whack something on the wall.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
Judging from the OP’s use of a cockroach emoji, he must have been trying to kill an insect. He can even be heard swearing at the unseen pest in Cantonese.
The video then shows the grandpa scrunching up the newspaper and using it to wipe a glass door.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
Waste not, want not, we guess.
MS News has reached out to the OP for more information and will update the article when she gets back.
Other TikTok users found the entire situation to be extremely funny.
Many commented that they “love” her grandpa’s behaviour, pointing out how adorable it is.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
One also noted that at least her grandpa was using the newspaper for “good” purposes.
Source: @jermtard on TikTok
While the OP’s grandpa may have used the newspaper for other activities, we are sure that he is still extremely proud of her.
It’s definitely no small accomplishment to appear in the newspaper — at least for a positive reason — so kudos to the OP for her incredible achievement.
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Featured image adapted from @jermtard on TikTok.
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